Jen and I have taught a bunch of classes over the years, and we’ve always loved doing it. From Brooklyn Kitchen to ICE to the 11 stops on our book tour, spreading our love of cooking and candy is one of the most rewarding things we do (and we don’t do it nearly often enough).

Writing posts for the blog — one of my favorite things to do — often gets bumped to the bottom of the to-do list. “It doesn’t need to happen to get the company through to the next day, week or month,” I think; “it’s fun, so it doesn’t seem like work”; “who reads these posts, anyway”; “I don’t have anything interesting to say today”; and on and on.

The majority of the content we put out into the world is joyful, silly, and literally coated with sugar. However, I’m in charge of operations here at Liddabit, which is the unsexy business of logistics and making sure ish gets done.

Ah, autumn. Time of crisp, gorgeous weather; juicy, flavorful apples at the greenmarket; greatly increased frequency of Mr. Autumn Man sightings; and, of course, a grotesque cavalcade of “seasonally”-flavored treats available at a drugstore/coffee shop/bodega near you.